Newly commissioned Royal Signals officer.

As a newly commissioned officer you will be attached for between 2 and 6 months where you will shadow a Troop Commander and have ample opportunity to learn about unit life.  Long attachments of 6 months are usually available for those young officers who wish to attempt selection for airborne forces, or who conduct language training for a future role with Queen's Gurkha Signals. After the attachment you will start the Royal Signals Troop Commanders' Course in Blandford, Dorset. 

The Royal Signals Troop Commanders' Course.

The course provides special-to-arm training for Royal Signals officers and lasts for 5 months.  The course, which allows for a wide range of academic backgrounds, covers a wide spectrum of subjects from basic technology and communications techniques to the military and administrative skills required by an officer in the Royal Signals.  There is a high practical content to the course and classroom instruction is confirmed by field exercises and simulation.  The course also offers excellent sporting and adventurous training opportunities and a busy social life in the Officers' Mess.

Royal Signals officer professional development.

After Troop Command, and as a non-graduate Royal Signals Officer, there is the opportunity to read for a 3 year in-service degree at numerous universities, including Aston, Loughborough, Oxbridge, Newcastle and Southampton. As a graduate officer there are opportunities to read for a second degree, such as a MSc in CIS Management and other modular masters programs.  The experience you gain as a Royal Signals officer affords you accreditation with a variety of institutions.  Other than the range of unique experiences, one of the main benefits are the transferable skills that the Army, and particularly the Royal Signals, can provide: working under pressure, commanding experts, communication and interpersonal skills to name but a few.  On top of honing your command and leadership skills, you will become adept at project management.